A Quote by Soseki Natsume

Loneliness is the price we have to pay for being born in this modern age, so full of freedom, independence, and our own egotistical selves.

Soseki Natsume

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Age Being Born Egotistical Freedom Full Independence Loneliness Modern Modern Age Our Own Pay Price Selves

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Soseki Natsume
Japanese - Novelist
February 9, 1867 - December 9, 1916

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Epictetus

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Steven Pinker

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Barbara Kingsolver

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Matthew Kelly

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We are inconsolable at being deceived by our enemies and being betrayed by our friends, yet we are often content in be being treated like that by our own selves.